Word: eras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from Jerry Brown. In view of his strong showing against Carter during the late primaries in 1976 and the massive reelection landslide which Brown is expected to achieve this fall. Brown's threat must be taken most seriously. Brown's personal austerity and his enunciation of an "era of limits" have clearly struck a chord of response with the American people. Noted political scientist Richard Reeves, in an article for the February Esquire magazine, foresees an epic battle between "Jerry Brown's celestial rhythms" and "Jimmy Carter's puritan ethie." There is little doubt here that there will be such...
...each of the first 15 tournaments entered) or else be forced into the field of "rabbits" who spend the first day of each week scrambling to make the 156-man draw in qualifying rounds. Says Plaintiff Lionel Hebert (1957 P.G.A. champion): "I resent anyone in this era telling me that what I won, they're going to take away. They're going to have a hell of a fight doing...
...1930s and '40s, MacPhail earned the reputation of "the Barnum of baseball." His unrivaled brinksmanship led to the scheduling of the first night game in Cincinnati in 1935. As the wheeler-dealer G.M. of the Dodgers in 1938, MacPhail made a series of transactions that would in the present era probably have incurred the wrath of Kuhn. Back in '38, MacPhail put $50,000 down on the trading block to buy first baseman Dolph Camilli from the Phillies. MacPhail also purchased Pee Wee Reese from the Red Sox and along the way acquired the likes of Joe Medwick, Whitlow Wyatt...
...Joss's case, in view of Addie's credentials. His career earned-run average of 1.88 is the second lowest of all time. In 1907 he won 27 games while losing only ten. His best season was the following year, when he won 24 while compiling a 1.16 ERA and twirling a perfect game against the White Sox on October...
Perhaps we are witnessing the final reversal of the Watergate era, when the press corps had a hectoring ascendancy over public figures. In journalism, as in arms races or in games like football, there are times when either the offense or the defense is dominant. Currently, in the ongoing contest between leaders who want to put their own viewpoint across and journalists who seek to pin them down or to draw them out, the offense prevails...